Land: Malta
Taal: Engels
Bron: Medicines Authority
OXALIPLATIN
Accord Healthcare Limited
L01XA03
OXALIPLATIN
CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION
OXALIPLATIN 5 mg/ml
POM
ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS
Authorised
2010-05-17
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml Concentrate for Solution for Infusion OXALIPLATIN Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. • If you have any further questions, ask doctor or your pharmacist. • If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist. IN THIS LEAFLET: 1. What Oxaliplatin Concentrate for solution for infusion is and what it is used for 2. Before you use Oxaliplatin Concentrate for solution for infusion 3. How to use Oxaliplatin Concentrate for solution for infusion 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Oxaliplatin Concentrate for solution for infusion 6. Further information 1. WHAT OXALIPLATIN CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR The name of your medicine is ‘{invented name}’ but in the rest of the leaflet it will be called ‘Oxaliplatin concentrate for solution for infusion’. The active ingredient of oxaliplatin concentrate for solution for infusion is oxaliplatin. Oxaliplatin concentrate for solution for infusion is used to treat cancer of the large bowel (treatment of stage III colon cancer after complete resection of primary tumour, metastatic cancer of colon and rectum). Oxaliplatin concentrate for solution for infusion is used in combination with other anticancer medicines called 5 fluorouracil and folinic acid. Oxaliplatin concentrate for solution for infusion has to be dissolved and made into a solution before it can be injected into a vein. Oxaliplatin concentrate for solution for infusion is an antineoplastic or anticancer drug Lees het volledige document
Page 1 of 20 SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Oxaliplatin 5mg/ml concentrate for Solution for Infusion 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION 1 ml concentrate for solution for infusion contains 5 mg Oxaliplatin. 10 ml of concentrate for solution for infusion contains 50 mg of Oxaliplatin. 20 ml of concentrate for solution for infusion contains 100 mg of Oxaliplatin. For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Concentrate for solution for infusion Clear, colourless solution, free from visible particles a pH in the range of 3.5 and 6.5 and 125 m Osm/Ltr. to 175 m Osm/ Ltr. osmolarity. 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Oxaliplatin in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and folinic acid (FA) is indicated for: • Adjuvant treatment of stage III (Duke's C) colon cancer after complete resection of primary tumour • Treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer._ _ 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION POSOLOGY FOR ADULTS ONLY The recommended dose for oxaliplatin in adjuvant setting is 85 mg/m² intravenously repeated every two weeks for 12 cycles (6 months). The recommended dose for oxaliplatin in treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer is 85 mg/m² intravenously repeated every 2 weeks. Dosage given should be adjusted according to tolerability (see section 4.4). OXALIPLATIN SHOULD ALWAYS BE ADMINISTERED BEFORE FLUOROPYRIMIDINES – I.E. 5 FLUOROURACIL (5 FU). Page 2 of 20 Oxaliplatin concentrate for so Lees het volledige document